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PNB fraud: Mehul Choksi seeks cancellation of NBW over threat to life on TV

Mumbai :  Gitanjali Group owner Mehul Choksi, wanted in Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, on Friday moved a special CBI court claiming danger to his life after his return to India and sought cancellation of a non-bailable warrant issued against him. In an application filed through his lawyer Sanjay Abbott, Choksi […]

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Opposition laps up Hollande claim on Rafale, targets Modi government

New Delhi :  The opposition on Friday launched a renewed attack on the Narendra Modi government after French media reported former French President Francois Hollande as claiming that the Modi government had favoured a private Indian firm for the offset deal and France had “no choice”. Shortly after Hollande’s comments that the French government did […]

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3 policemen martyred in Kashmir, government denies cops have quit

Srinagar :  In a dramatic escalation in militancy, terrorists kidnapped and shot dead three Jammu and Kashmir policemen on Friday, stunning the police force. But the government denied that any policeman had quit following the murders and death threats by the Hizbul Mujahideen. Three special police officers (SPOs), who form the lowest rung of the […]

Governments had no say in Rafale offset decision: Defence Ministry

New Delhi : Amid media reports of former French President Francois Hollande claiming that the Indian government suggested a particular private firm for Rafale offset contract, the Defence Ministry on Friday reiterated that neither government had any say in the “commercial decision”. “The report referring to former French president Mr. Hollande’s statement that government of […]

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Aadhaar, Ayodhya and adultery — SC verdicts likely next week

New Delhi : The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce next week a spate of judgement including on Aadhaar, Ayodhya and adultery that would have bearings on the right to privacy, politics and social morality. The verdicts on the challenge to the constitutional validity of Aadhaar on the touchstone of it being violative of right […]

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‘Manmarziyaan’ scenes deletion not a big deal: Abhishek Bachchan

Mumbai : “Manmarziyaan” actor Abhishek Bachchan, who features in a smoking scene which is among the three deleted scenes from the film, says there’s no harm in excluding some content if it hurts people’s sentiments. Director Anurag Kashyap has been vocal about expressing anger over deletion of scenes from “Manmarziyaan”, which apparently happened without his […]